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Monday, December 15, 2025
TopicChinese media

Topic: Chinese media

A week in China: Celebs on target, Xi’s ethnic integration push, meeting of PLA and US Army

Asia Communique is a weekly newsletter about China that digs into the minds of the country's leaders, scholars, thinkers, business tycoons and Chinese people.

Foreign journalists in China targeted again, this time over Henan floods

While local authorities in China's Henan province said more than 3 million lives have been affected by the floods, Chinese state media outlets kept the number low.

Revolt by doing nothing — Chinese youth are lying in bed to protest tough jobs, low pay

Tang Ping, or ‘lying flat’ is passive resistance in a country notorious for its burnout-inducing ‘996’ working hour system, besides other demands.

Chinese Communist Party’s three-child policy won’t work. It doesn’t make economic sense

Xi Jinping has spoken about relying on homegrown talent to tackle the challenges in science and technology. The three-child policy intends to fix the issue of shrinking workforce.

Joe Biden’s first contact with China runs into Communist Party’s propaganda war

Chinese propaganda after talks with US officials in Alaska has given Joe Biden another reason to continue Donald Trump's China policies.

Don’t get fooled by Xi’s media blitz. China’s ‘zero poverty’ hides more than it reveals

China wants the world to believe its 'state-led development' has eradicated poverty. But as everything else with China, the reality is more complicated than what it seems.

US designates 6 more Chinese publications as foreign missions, imposes restrictions

Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said the US wants its people to able to differentiate between news by a free press and propaganda by the Chinese Communist Party.

Netflix has ‘Three-Body Problem’ after Republican senators object to Chinese novel adaptation

Senators objected to the Netflix project, citing novel's author Liu Cixin's comments on Uyghur Muslims. Netflix says Liu isn't the creator of the show & intends to go ahead with it.

US considers restricting stay of Chinese journalists in country to 90 days

In March, the US govt asked four Chinese state-run media outlets in the country to reduce their number of staff of 160 Chinese nationals to 100.

China’s Global Times distances itself from arrested journalist Rajeev Sharma who wrote for it

Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin writes it’s ‘inappropriate’ that Indian side has created a negative association for his publication amid LAC tensions.

On Camera

I’ve been driving an EV for 2 years—Indian roads are ready to switch to electric

Driving an electric vehicle for months, the Hyundai IONIQ5, BMW iX and now the Kia Carens Clavis electric, has convinced me of the viability of EVs for city and mid-range commutes.

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.